AMD Ryzen 9 5900HX vs Apple M2 Pro

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AMD Ryzen 9 5900HX Apple M2 Pro

We compared two laptop CPUs: AMD Ryzen 9 5900HX with 8 cores 3.3GHz and Apple M2 Pro with 12 cores 3.5GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.

Main Differences

Apple M2 Pro 's Advantages

Released 2 years late

Higher specification of memory (LPDDR5-6400 vs LPDDR4-4266)

Larger memory bandwidth (204.8GB/s vs 68.27GB/s)

Newer PCIe version (4.0 vs 3.0)

Higher base frequency (3.5GHz vs 3.3GHz)

Lower TDP (30W vs 35W)

Score

Benchmark

Cinebench R23 Single Core

AMD Ryzen 9 5900HX

1484

Apple M2 Pro +7%

1601

Cinebench R23 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 9 5900HX

12809

Apple M2 Pro +8%

13932

Geekbench 6 Single Core

AMD Ryzen 9 5900HX

1993

Apple M2 Pro +32%

2650

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 9 5900HX

9310

Apple M2 Pro +53%

14275

Blender

AMD Ryzen 9 5900HX

216

Apple M2 Pro +18%

257

Geekbench 5 Single Core

AMD Ryzen 9 5900HX

1511

Apple M2 Pro +31%

1986

Geekbench 5 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 9 5900HX

8303

Apple M2 Pro +79%

14863

Passmark CPU Single Core

AMD Ryzen 9 5900HX

3183

Apple M2 Pro +29%

4116

Passmark CPU Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 9 5900HX

22772

Apple M2 Pro +15%

26265

AMD Ryzen 9 5900HX

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Apple M2 Pro

General Parameters

Jan 2021

Release Date

Jan 2023

AMD

Manufacturer

Apple

Laptop

Type

Laptop

x86-64

Instruction Set

ARMv8

Cezanne

Core Architecture

Apple M2

FP6

Socket

Apple M-Socket

Radeon RX Vega 8

Integrated Graphics

Apple M2 Pro GPU (19-core)

Package

-

Transistor Count

40 billions

7 nm

Manufacturing Process

5 nm

FP6

Socket

Apple M-Socket

35-54 W

Power Consumption

30 W

105 °C

Peak Operating Temperature

100°C

CPU Performance

8

Performance Cores

8

16

Performance Core Threads

8

3.3 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

3.5 GHz

4.6 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

-

Efficiency Cores

4

-

Efficiency Core Threads

4

-

Efficiency Core Base Frequency

2.4 GHz

8

Total Core Count

12

16

Total Thread Count

12

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

-

33x

Multiplier

-

64 K per core

L1 Cache

192 K per core

512 K per core

L2 Cache

32 MB shared

16 MB shared

L3 Cache

-

Yes

Unlocked Multiplier

No

Memory Parameters

DDR4-3200, LPDDR4-4266

Memory Types

LPDDR5-6400

64 GB

Max Memory Size

32 GB

2

Max Memory Channels

4

68.27 GB/s

Max Memory Bandwidth

204.8 GB/s

Yes

ECC Memory Support

No

Graphics Card Parameters

true

Integrated Graphics

true

-

GPU Base Frequency

450 MHz

2100 MHz

GPU Max Dynamic Frequency

1398 MHz

512

Shader Units

2432

32

Texture Units

152

8

Raster Operation Units

76

-

Execution Units

304

15 W

Power Consumption

35 W

-

Max Resolution

7680x4320 - 60 Hz

-

Graphics Performance

6.8 TFLOPS

Miscellaneous

AMD Ryzen 9 5900HX

Official Website

-

3.0

PCIe Version

4.0

16

PCIe Lanes

-

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